Immigration protests unseen before, international pressure to leave Iraq, neocon and Israeli pressure to attack Iran, 'talks' w/ N. Korea, NATO intervention in Sudan, Chavez threatening to kick out US ambassadors, not to mention Plame, NSA, elections, DeLay, et al....what is going to stop another war, at bare minimum to distract us from all this? Sudan, Venezuela, Iraq, Iran - all major oil producers and all having major issues right now w/ US. I'm loosing my powers of abstraction and rational footing...(e.g. see following post)

Young Officers Leaving Army at a High Rate - New York Times: "WASHINGTON, April 9 ? Young Army officers, including growing numbers of captains who leave as soon as their initial commitment is fulfilled, are bailing out of active-duty service at rates that have alarmed senior officers. Last year, more than a third of the West Point class of 2000 left active duty at the earliest possible moment, after completing their five-year obligation."